In 2003, HAAF II partnered with Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, RAND, and UCLA to create Witness for Wellness (W4W), a community-lead, multi-stakeholder, academic-community partnership aimed at developing community-based approaches to improve health outcomes for depression in minority communities. (http://www.witness4wellness.org/) This project is designed to determine how to best discuss and understand the definition of depression in the community; facilitate improved awareness and recognition of depression among community members; facilitate the development of strategies to improve appropriate referral and access to treatment; and address issues that result from, and lead to, depression.  One of the project’s major goals is to lead to a useful strategy for other communities; thus the project focuses on developing products, such as intervention toolkits, informational manuals, a website, media broadcasts, or other useful materials, that can be used by other communities.